Method of making manifold forms



Oct. 16, 1956 w. H. FRANZMANN METHOD OF MAKING MANIFOLD FORMS 6Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 11, 1950 INVENTOR. WILLIAM H FRANZMANN Oct. 11956 w. H. FRANZMANN METHOD OF MAKING MANIFOLD FORMS 6 Sheets-Sheet 2Filed July 11, 1950 FIG. 9

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INVENTOR. WILLIAM H. FRANZMANN ATTOR Oct. 16, 1956 w, FRANZMANN2,766,984

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Oct- 16, 1956 w. H. FRANZMANN METHOD OF MAKING MANIFOLD FORMS 6Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed July ll, 1950 INVENTOR. WILLIAM H. FRANZMANN UnitedStates Patent 9 METHOD OF MAKING MANEFOLD FORMS William H. Franzmann,Hamilton, Ohio, assignor to The Hamilton Tool Company, Hamilton, (Phil),a corporation of Ohio Application July 11, 1950, Serial No. 173,139

8 Claims. (Cl. fill-52) This invention relates to a'method of andmachine for selectively gathering, collating, or folding in zig=zagfashion a plurality of superposed, registered strips of indefinitelength.

An object of the invention is to provide a supporting and feeding devicefor rolls of strip material which device comprises a plurality ofsimilar bracket members each of which includes means for supporting oneor more rolls of long continuous strips of material.

Another object of the invention is to. provide a roll supporting devicethe overall length of'which is determined by and'a function of thenumber of individual roll supporting bracket members of which it iscollectively comprised, and wherein the number of such brackets, andtherefore the overall length and capacity of the device, may beincreased or decreased by merely adding or removing said bracketmembers, thereby enhancing the utility of the device and materiallyreducing its cost;

Still another object. of the invention is to-provide a roll. supportingdevice having associated therewith a feeding table over which lengths ofmaterial from rolls mounted on said roll supports may be selectivelyconveyed in either of two directions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device for stacking inregistry a plurality of lengths of long continuous strip material on afeeding table having a combination gathering and collating mechanism atone end thereof and a zig-zag folder at the other end'tliereof.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide a combinationgathering and collatingmechanism, the operating cycle of which may besimply and easily varied with respect to a delivery conveyor on whichthe collated or gathered sheets are deposited, thereby adaptingthedevice for gathering as well as collating. Heretofore two separate,entirely independent devices were required, one for gathering, anotherfor collating.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device having thehereinabove described characteristics and which includes simple, yethighly effective meansfor imparting an intermittent motion to thelineal. travel of long continuous aligned strips of material incidenttobeing presented to the action ofa strip. cutter assembly whilemaintaining a continuous feeding of'the. sheets to said cutter assembly.

Another object of. the invention isto provide. acut-ofi element which isconstructed and arranged in such a manner as to provide many years oftrouble-freeservice, and. which is spring-loaded in such a manner as to.automatically compensate. for wear.

Afurther object of the invention is to. teach a method of gathering inconsecutive order a plurality of individual sheets which have been.printed. on several longcontinuous. strips in a more than one. around?method, as the term is used in the printing. art.

Still another object of the invention. is to provide a method of andmachine for adhesively securing continuouslengths of record andtransfer. sheets together at a ice 2. location above and prior to beingdeposited upon the feed table ofmy device and of then joining successiverecord sheets together on the feed table.

These and other objects are attained by the means de. scribed herein andas disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying the teachings of thepresent invention.

Fig. 2isa top elevation of the device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating a series of alternate record andtransfer sheets in collated form, such as may be formed-by thedevice ofFigs. 1 and 2..

Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a seriesof alternate-rec- 0rd" andtransfer sheets which have been foldedinzig-zag form by the zig-zag"folding mechanism disposed attlie right end of the machine of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is affront plan view of a roll-supportingbracket whichcomprisesaldetail' of thepresent invention.

Fig. 6 is a side plan view of the bracket of Fig; 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on line 7-7 of'Fig. 51

Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view of the device of Fig. 5.

Fig; 9 is a sectional=viewtaken on line 99 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 1.0.isv aschematicviw of' the feeding tableconveyor and cut-oilmechanism of the. combination collating and gathering portion of thedevice.

Fig. 11. is a left end view ofthe cut-01f elementiactuat ing-mechanismof Fig; 10.

Fig. 12' is a verticalisectional'view takenthrough the reversingmechanism of the fedingtable'conveyor.

Fig. 13 is a schematic view of the intermittent drive mechanism for thedelivery conveyor of the combination gathering and collator mechanismwhich comprises. adetail of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is afrontplanview of a cut-.ofi 'knife assembly comprising adetail of the present invention.

Fig. 1-5 is an end'view taken from the right'side of Fig. 14 showing theknife assembly in a fully raised, inoperative position.

Fig, 16 is-a viewsimilar-to Fig. 15 disclosingthe knife assembly in alowered, operative position.

Fig. 17 is a schematic side view illustrating a typical set-up of themanner in which the devicemay be'usedfor gathering in. consecutiveorder. of page numbers astack of sheets wherein printing. of the. longcontinuous'strips has beendon'e by a more than one around method.

Fig. 18. is. a side schematic view of the left end of the device of Fig.1 when used-as a gathering machine.

Fig. 19 is. a side schematic view of a gathering operation illustratingthe. relationship of the aligned sheets. im: mediately, preceding thecut-off knife at the moment of severance. of a previous. group. ofsheets therefrom.

With particular reference now to: Figs. 1 and. 2, the numerals 20 denotegenerally a pluralityofsimilar'bracket member. adjacent ones: ofwhichare securely through re leasably interconnected for providing ,a devicehaving'the desired roll supporting capacity.

In the preferred embodiment ofthe invention a. roll of. transfermaterial-22 and a roll of. record: material 24 are rotatably supporteduponv spindles 26 and 28, respectively, which are secured. to andcarried by bracket 20.

A feed table, or. so-called-strip support 30. is provided onto. whichstripsof record material 24 may be suitably depositedfor engagement witha conveyor. 32 (Fig, 10) providedwith a plurality of laterally spacedprojections 34 that extend. therefrom and that are. adapted to engagesimilarly spaced openings 36 (Fig. 3) provided along an edge oftherecord strips 24; thereby simultaneously maintaining eachof. saidrecord strips in absolute: registry and imparting a lineal motion foradvancingthem over saidfeed table, or support 30..

In those instances inwhich it is desired. to provide strips of transfermaterial 22 in interleaved relationship with various of the recordstrips, such transfer strips may be loosely associated with or betweenadjacent record strips, 'or it may be fastened to andf along an glued toan edge or band 40 forming part of record V strip 24.from which it isseverable'alonga-predetermined tearline 42. 7

If desired, the strips of record matefial may be fed under spindle .46whereby .th i't ml ir' edge of the outer face of said strips will beengaged by;-glue wheels:48;

which apply a glue line 44, Fig. 3 ,withavhich the inner edge of anassociated transfer strip will'adhere thereby securing theltransfer'strips to bands 140;" Those. portions of glue line 44 beyond the inneredge of the transfer strips will adhere to the rear face of a superposedrecord'strip thereby providing 'a' unitary group of alternate strips ofrecord and transfer material. l

In those instances wherein openings '36 are hot 'desired in the finishedproductthat portion of bands40 in which the openings are located'may besevered,.as at 48 by means of slitter knives 50, seeFigs. 1, 2 and 10.With further reference to Figs. land 2, itwill be noted that the feedtable or strip support extends between a zig-zag folder denotedgenerally by the numeral 52, and a combination collator and. gatheringdevice 54. The present invention is neither concerned with nor directedto the structural details of the folding device which may, solely by wayof example and not of restriction, be similar to the Folding Machinedisclosed in U. S. Patent No. 1,938,536, dated December 5, 1933, of -C.W. Brenn. Fig. 4 discloses a typical example of interleaved recordsheets folded in zig-zag fashion. I

One of the outstanding features of my device resides in the fact that Ihave utilized a single roll supporting and strip feeding device fordelivering aligned, superposed strips of material to devices which willperform any one ofthree entirely different operations thereon, viz.,folding, collating or gathering. Heretofore a separate machine wasrequired for each of these operations which resulted in .a considerableamount of money being tied up in several difierent, independentmachines. In Figs. and 12, the means utilized to reverse the directionof travel of conveyor 32 for selectively delivering superposed strips toeither end of the feed'table have been illustrated. The numeral 60denotes a gear secured in driving relationship with clutch shaft 62, andin driven relationship with intermediate gear 64 which engages drivegear 66 of main drive shaft 68 which is rotated at a substantiallyconstant speed by suitable means, not illustrated. A conveyor chaindrive sprocket 70 is secured to and carried by gear 72' which is looselyor rotatably mounted on antifriction sleeve 74 secured, as by pin 76, tothe clutch shaft; A second sprocket through shifter gear 88, teeth 92 ofwhich will engage teeth 93 of gear 72 to which the sprocket wheel isfixedly secured. When the shifter shaft, yoke and gear have been movedto the right for disposing ball 98 in annular groove 100 teeth 90 of theshifter gear will engage teeth 91 of gear 82, thereby rotating said gearand sprocket wheel 80 in an opposite direction to the direction ofrotation of drive gear 60. The rotary motion of sprocket wheel 80 istransmitted to sprocket wheel 70 via a sprocket chain, not illustrated,sprocket wheel 78 and gear 72 thereby providing simple yet effectivemeans for reversing the direction of travel of conveyor 32; i 1: f-

In Figs. 10 and 12 the numeral 104 denotes a sprocket 7 wheel fordriving slitter knives 50 via sprocket'cliain 106,

and sprocket wheel 108, it being noted that these knives may be gearedwhereby to rotate in unison. The peripheral speed of knives 50 will beconsiderably greater than the linear rate of travel of the conveyor byreason of the difference in diameter of sprocket Wheels 104 and 108..

In the preferred embodiment of the invention a rotatable member in theform of brush 110 transversely spans strip support 30 for engagingstrips advanced over said support in such a manner as to yieldablymaintain said strips in contact with the support while simultaneouslydrawing or advancing said strips along said support;

As best disclosed in Fig. 10 conveyor 32 terminates short of-the slitterknives 50. A leaf plate 112, inclined as illustrated, is provided forautomatically lifting the leading portions of the strips of recordmaterial for dis engaging or withdrawing projections 34 from the spacedopenings 36(Fig. 3). without disturbing the alignment or registryof'thesuperposed record strips 24 which are thereby transferred onto ahigher elevation 31 of the feed table 'or strip support 30. i

In order to insure positive tensions on the composite web of superposedstrips after leaving the conveyor, a 7

, chain 120, whereas the cylinder may'befdriven through.

wheel 78 is secured to and carried by gear 72 and con- 7 nected, bymeans of a chain not. illustrated, to sprocket wheel 80 fixedly securedto a spur gear 82 which is loosely or rotatably mounted to idler shaft84 by means of an antifriction member 86.

A clutch gear. 88 having a set of teeth 90 and a second set 92 is keyedto clutch shaft 62 for axial =movernent therewith in response to axialmovement of shifter shaft 94 which is transmitted thereto by shifteryoke 96. Shaft 94 will normally be retained at one end or the other ofits operative stroke such as by means of a spring loaded ball 98 whichwhen seated in either of the laterally spaced grooves 100 or 102 willeffectively preclude accidental or unintentional movement of the shiftershaft. 7 It will be observed that when the shifter shaft, yoke and gear88 have been disposed to the left ball 98 will be seated in annulargroove 102 and sprocket wheel 70 will be rotated in the same directionas drive gear sprocket wheels 122, 124 andv chain 126, as. illustrated.Areciprocable knife assembly is provided atfithe leftIdischarge end ofsupport 30 forfsevering into individual sheet size thecontinuous'lengths of strip material fed thereto. The knife assemblycomprisesa shear plate 128," disposed transversely of support 30, havinga cutting edge 130, Figs 14; 15 and 16. A knife element '132'having aninclined cutting edge 134, the lower end of which terminates'in adownwardly projecting portion 136, ism'ountedl for re: ciprocatingmotion between guide elements 138, Fig. 10, in response tomovementfof'actuator rod 14Gjsuitably securedtoa knife actuator member14210, which that end of 'the'knife remote from cutting edge 134Vispivotally mounted, as, at 144. Suitable means, such as, byway ofexample, a spring 148, interposed between that portion 146 of the knifebeyond its pivotal axis and an ab utment plate'lSil secured to andcarried by member 142, may be employed for normally and yieldinglyurgingthe lower portions of the knifein contacting 'or abutting relationshipwith cutting edge 'of the shear plate, there by insuring an optimumoperating relationship between knife assemblyincident to andduringthoseperiods of time when the knife is in the lowered,loperativestripsevering positionof Fig. 16, a holding blade 152 is provided fo r.contacting and engaging thestrip material j'mmediately preceding theknife... If desired, blade 152mm,: be mounted between adjacent faces ofknife 132 and actu ator member 142 for sliding movement relative toveach. A spring 154 may be interposed between theupper face. of

theblade and the'upper horizontal leg 156 of member 142 for normally andyieldably urging the lower edge 1580f the blade below cutting edge 1340fknife 132 when it is area-98a in the raised, inoperative positionillustratediin.Figs-. 14.

and 15'. The maximum relative movement: between the holding blade andmember L32 is a function of. and determined by the relationship of slots160m said member and interfering elements 162 secured-to. the blade. anddimensioned to slidably engage said slots.

As knife element 132 is lowered on a cutting cycle the,

lower edge 158 of the holding blade will clampingly engage thestrip'material and stop its-forward motionbefore the cutting edge of theknife engages the material. As the knife is raised after a cuttingoperation the holding blade will be elevated thereby freeing orreleasing the strip material to be advanced beneath'theknife.

Since the strip material is continuously fed or advanced over support 3%and thence under continuously rotating members 110, lowering of theholding blade into contacting relationship with web or strips ofmaterial 164- will result in the formation of a loop 156, Fig. 19. Toinsure uniformity of cut-off lengths, I provide means closely adjacentthe knife assembly for accelerating the looped portions 166 of the webor strips forwardly over shear plate 128 immediately upon release of theholding. blade, thereby removing the loop. I have obtained uniformlyexcellent results in those instances wherein a second high speedrotatable member 168 is mounted transversely of support 31") at alocation closely adjacent the knife assembly, such as at the leadingedge of shear plate 128, see Fi s. 2, l0, l8 and 19. This member may bedriven by rotatable element 110 by means of a chain drive 17% Withparticular referenceto Figs. 10 and 19, it will be. observed that theigh speed rotatable member 168 is mounted above or in spacedrelationship with the mean plane of the discharge end of the stripsupport by a dimension in excess or" the overall thickness of the web orsuperposed layers of strip material 164 so as to be out of contacttherewith during those periods of time when the material is normally andcontinuously being advanced over its support. However, when the normalforward movement of the material is interrupted incident to actuation ofthe knife assembly the rotatable members lit) and 16$ will define theopposite ends of the resultant loop 166 formed in the material.

Rotatable member 118 will continuously and automatically maintain thedesired tension in those portions of the strips or web located betweenit and the discharge end of conveyor 32, whereas member 168, the outerperimeter of which is substantially smooth, will slippingly engage theforward portion of'the web loop, Fig. 19. The moment holding blade 152'isreleased'from contact with the web the rotary motion of member 168'wiil become effective to impart an accelerating force to the forward endof the loop 166 thereby projecting the material comprising the loopforwardly'of andbeyond the cutting edge of the shear platetherebypermitting the Web or strips to be once again fed forwardly overthe shear plate at the uniform linear rate of conveyor 32.

From the foregoing it will be observed that'I have thus provided simpleyet hi hly efiective meansv for providing an intermittent movement tothe forward portion of a continuous web which is moved at auniformlycontinuous rate to the knife assembly.

The web or strips 1.64 are discharged'onto a delivery conveyor, denotedgenerally by the numeral 189} Figs. 1, 2, l3 and 18. In those instanceswherein the device is used as a collator for making record forms whichcomprise record sheets interleaved with transfer sheets, as illustratedin the left side of Fig. 3, the delivery conveyor may be continuouslyoperated whereby'to remove each set of forms as they are severed fromthe composite, multisheet web advanced across support 36;

in those instances wherein it is desired to gather inpredeterminedconsecutive sequences a-pluralityof sheets wherein said sheets have beenprinted in more than one '6 around fashion: by a rotary press on,long'continuousstrips of material, it is only necessary to provide meansfor intermittently advancing the delivery conveyor and'of correlatingits feed cycle with the operating characteristics of the knife assemblyin terms of the number of different sheets per roll.

With reference to Figs. 10 and 11, it will be noted that the lower endof theknife actuator rod is journaled as at 184 to shaft 182 secured toand carried by crank arms 186- suspended from intermediate shaft 188-the ends of which are provided with followers 193 dimensioned to engagetrack 392 of a corresponding cam 194 secured to earn shaft 195;Intermediate shaft 188 is secured to and carried by crank arms 11%suspended from shaft 198 journaled to suitable support brackets 2459.

A rotary motion may be imparted to cam shaft 195* from drive shaft eiithrough gear 262 of shaft68, idler gear 2% rotatably mounted to bracket2% and. crank shaft gear 2% whereby knife 1-32 will be actuated eachtime a predetermined length of strip material, advanced.

by. conveyor 32 also driven by shaft 68, has been fedacross shear plate128. By changing the gear ratios the cyclic rate of the'knife may bevaried as desired. When a crank shaft gear zlil'having twice the numberof teeth is substituted for gear 203 the cyclic rate of operation of theknife will be doubled in the sense that it will be actuated but half asoften as when using gear 268; By selecting suitable gear ratios thecut-off lengths may bevaried as desired.

Inv those instances in which the sheets to be gathered have been printedtwo around the feed mechanism illustrated in Fig. 13'may be utilized toactuate the de livery conveyor. Spur gear 212 having half the number ofteeth of gear zl iis secured to and driven by cam shaft 195. A pusherrod 216 having one end journaled to gear 214 as at 218 has-itsother endjournaled at 222 to cranr..arrn-2t3ii journaled to shaft 224 to whichconveyor drum 226 is secured. A pawl 228 pivotally secured to arm 22%?enga es the teeth of ratchet wheel 23% secured in driving relationshipwith drum 22-25 whereby the delivery conveyor ltit"? will be advancedone step every secondcutof knife 132.

With reference. now to Figsfl7 and 18 the letters Q, R,.Sv and T denotefour. rolls of strip material on each of which two. sheets or pages ofthe set to be gathered are alternately printed. If, by way of example,it be desired to gather a pack of eight sheets, roll Q will have sheets5' and 1 alternately printed throughout its entire length; rollR willhave sheets 6 and 2; roll S, sheets 7 and 3; and roll T, sheets 8 and 4.in other words, the total num: ber of sheets per group have been dividedinto two sets wherein one sheet of each set is disposed in alternateend-to-end relationship with a corresponding sheet ofanother or secondset. The sheets of one set in the 8 page example, will be pages 5-8inclusive, and the secondiset pages 1-4 inclusive, wherein sheets 5 and1, 6 and 2, 7 and 3, 8 and 4 are corresponding sheets, one from eachset, which are alternately printed on rolls Q, R, S and T, respectively.

Strips from rolls Q, R, S and T are deposited upon and conveyed oversupport 30 in. superposed relationship and with the individualconsecutive sheets which comprise each set disposed in alignment. Thatis, sheets 5, 6, 7 and 8, which comprise one set, and sheets 1, 2, 3 and4, which. comprise the other set, are in vertical alignment. After thesheets'of the first set (5 through 8) have been conveyed over shearplate 123, the knife is actuated for severing these sheets which aredeposited on the discharge conveyor 134?. The next set of sheets (1through 4) are then deposited on and in vertical alignment with. thefirstset'of sheets after which they are severed from their. respectivestrips, thereby completing a pack or group of sheets arranged inconsecutive order. The conveyorwill thereupon be advanced so that thefirst set ofsheets of the nextgroup'will be spaced in echelonrelationship with the first group, it being understood that the conveyorwill '7 be advanced in a step-by-step manner each time the second set ofa group has been severed.

'While I have discussed and illustrated the mannerof gathering sheetsprinted in two around relationship, it must be clearly understood thatthree around or even four around strips may be gathered by properlyadjusting the knife cycle and correlating the delivery conveyor drivemechanism to operate once every third or fourth stroke of the knife.

With reference now to Figs. 1, 2, and -8, it will be noted that each ofbracket members comprises a central column 249, the lower end of whichterminates in a foot portion 242 and the upper end in an inclined arm244 in which suitable spindle mounting bosses 246 and 248 are providedin which spindles 2S and 26, respectively, are receivable.

A lateral panel 259 is provided in the upper portion of column 249, saidpanel having a pair of laterally spaced side walls 252 and 254, eachhaving an axially aligned bolt receptive aperture 256 therethrough. An

' offset 258 may be provided in the front face of the central column forfacilitating mounting of feed table or strip support 34). Preferably apair of laterally spaced reinforcing webs 258 are provided for enhancingthe rigidity of the structure.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the roll capacity of a deviceis determined by the number of bracket members used thereby eliminatingthe need for and expense of a special casting for devices havingdifferent roll capacities. In Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated a devicecomprising four bracket members adjacent ones of which are securelythough releasably secured together by bolts, not illustrated, passingthrough aligned apertures 256, Fig. 9.

Panel comprises a mounting support for spindle 46, glueing wheel 48, webfeed mechanism 49, and the like, whereby each of these various itemswill be conveniently locatedrin corresponding positions on each of thevarious panels 250.

With particular reference now to Fig. 1, it will be observed that theroll supporting and feeding mechanism has been constructed and arrangedin such a manner as to deposit interleaved webs upon strip support fordelivery to either end of the table, thereby clearly distinguishing fromprior art devices in which interleaved strips can be fed in but onedirection of travel.

The strips of record material 24, as hereinabove stated, are feddownwardly under spindle 45 whereby glue roller 43 will apply acontinuous strip of adhesive to the inside, that is,that edge of thestrip adjacent inclined arm 244. As the strip of record material reachespoint J, it will be engaged by a strip of transfer material 22 whichwill be laid thereon in such a manner as to effect a joining of thesheet of transfer material to the sheet of record material, along oneedge thereof, thereby securing the sheet of transfer material to itsassociated sheet of record material.

From the point indicated by the letter J to the point indicated by theletter K, the sheets of joined transfer and "record material are feddownwardly, through a suitable feeding mechanism indicated generally bythe numeral 49, whereby the composite web indicated generally by thenumeral 51 will be laid upon said table 30, with the edge apertures 36of the record sheet portion of composite web 51 engaging projections 34of table conveyor 32.

As illustrated in Fig. 3, the adhesive strip 44 is of a width whereby toextend beyond the upper edge :of transfer strip 22 whereby the sameadhesive stripwill effectively secure .the record sheet portion of thenext lower composite web 51 at location K. In other words, each sheet ofrecord material is secured to a sheet of transfer material at a locationabove and prior to being deposited on the feed table, and the successivestrips ofrecord material are then interconnected on the feed table. Thismanner of construction permits the rolls of recordand transfer materialto be mounted in an easily accessible, easily observable location abovethe feed table, a

continuous lengths of transfer and record material, comprising applyinga continuous strip of adhesive along one edge of the outer face of theoutermost convolution of the roll of record material, feeding strips oftransfer material directly onto the outer periphery of correspondingrolls of record material with one edge of 'the strips of transfermaterial engaging and overlying a portion of.

overall width of the adhesive strip on its respective strip of recordmaterial for thereby connecting said transfer strips to and ininterleaved relationship with the outermost convolutions of the stripsof record material whereby each record strip will have a strip oftransfer material 7 vfixedly secured thereto prior to the time when therecord strips leave their respective rolls for association with therecord sheets of other similar webs, and then bringing the adhesivelystripped edges of the various lengths of record material into superposedcontacting relationship with the adhesive free face of each lower webfor connecting the record sheet portions of adjacent webs at a locationremote from the place of interleaving of transfer strips with theirrespective record strips.

2. The method of manifolding a plurality of similar composite webs ofcontinuous strip material from rolls of lengths of transfer and recordmaterial and wherein each web includes a strip of transfer material anda strip of record material, comprising adhesively securing each strip oftransfer materialrto a strip of record material along an edge thereofand while the strip of record material is supported on its roll, andthereafter disposing said composite webs in superposed registryandadhesively securing the record sheets of adjacent webs with portionsof the same adhesive means by which the transfer material was secured tothe record material for completing the assembly. a V

3. The method of manifolding a plurality of composite webs of continuousstrip material from rolls of continuous lengths of transfer and recordmaterial, comprising feeding strips of transfer material onto the outerperiphery of corresponding rolls of record material and there adhesivelyconnecting said transfer strips to and in interleaved relationship withsaid strips of record material for providing a plurality of composite,interleaved webs, and then adhesively connecting the record sheetportions of adjacent webs at a location remote from the place. ofinterleaving of the transfer strips with their respective record stripsby means of portions of the same adhesive means by which the transferstrips were secured to their respective record strips.

4. The method of forming a composite web of con tinuous strip materialfrom rolls of continuous lengths of transfer and record material,comprising feeding a strip of transfer material directly from its rollonto a portion of the outer face of the outer comvolution of a roll ofrecord material and there adhesively connecting said transfer strip toand in superposed relationship with said strip of record material.

5. The method of forming a composite web of 'continuous strip materialfrom rolls of continuous lengths of transfer and record material,comprising feeding record material from a roll through an adhesiveapplying device to apply a continuous strip of adhesive along one edgeof the unprinted underside of the record material and then feeding therecord material from the adhesive applying device back onto a portion ofthe outer periphery of the record material roll With the underside ofthe record material facing outwardly, and feeding a strip of transfermaterial directly onto a portion of the outer periphery of the roll ofrecord material with one edge of the strip of transfer material engagingand overlying a portion of the adhesive strip on the strip of recordmaterial for thereby positively connecting the transfer strip to and ininterleaved relationship with and While the strip of record material iscarried by said roll.

'6. The method of manifolding a plurality of similar composite webs ofcontinuous strip material wherein each web includes a strip of transfermaterial and a strip of record material, comprising applying a strip ofadhesive along one edge 'of the outer periphery of the record material,feeding each strip of transfer material onto the outer periphery ofcorresponding rolls of record material with an edge thereof contacting aportion of the adhesive strip on its respective strip of record materialleaving the remaining portion of said strip of adhesive exposed, andthereafter disposing said composite webs in superposed registry andsecuring the record strips of adjacent Webs one to another by theexposed portions of the adhesive strips on the underside of the recordstrips to complete the assembly.

7. The method of forming a composite web of continuous strip materialfrom rolls of lengths of transfer and record material, comprisingapplying a continuous strip of adhesive along one edge of the outer faceof the outermost convolution of the roll of record material whilerotating the roll, of applying a length of transfer material directlyonto the periphery of the record roll and in contacting relationshipwith the adhesive strip on the record material for thereby connectingthe transfer strip directly to the outermost convolution of the recordstrip, and of then continuously advancing the interconnected strips forunwinding the record and transfer material from their respective rolls.

8. The method of manifolding a plurality of similar composite webs ofcontinuous strip material wherein each web includes a strip of transferand a strip of record material comprising adhesively securing the edgeof each strip of transfer material to an edge of the outer face of theoutermost convolutions of the rolls of record material, and of thendisposing said composite webs in superposed registry and with the edgesof adjacent strips of record material in contacting relationship withportions of the same adhesive means by which the transfer strips weresecured to their respective record strips for interconnecting the edgesof the record strips beyond the edges of their respective transferstrips.

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